Is this PA either a) conventionally attractive or b) the PA of a boss further up in his food chain? Or does this guy have a small penisimage issue?
One of the ways people show they (think they) are important and influential, is by bypassing the usual arrangements to go direct to the guru/person in charge of X. It's not only irritating to the people who wind up being buttonholed by these idiots, but it's bad for general morale. It is deliberate tho', and not done out of ignorance (well, not directly anyway)
This is one reason why when I do rely on personal relationships to get a job done, I do it very politely and QUIETLY and only after having established that the normal arrangements will not work (fast enough). If I don't have a personal relationship, I don't try it.
While the rule is never piss off a PA or EA, there should be a corrollary - do not piss off key enabling areas of the organisation in order to suck up to a PA/EA. There are so many ways one's life can be made miserable.
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small penisimage issue?One of the ways people show they (think they) are important and influential, is by bypassing the usual arrangements to go direct to the guru/person in charge of X. It's not only irritating to the people who wind up being buttonholed by these idiots, but it's bad for general morale. It is deliberate tho', and not done out of ignorance (well, not directly anyway)
This is one reason why when I do rely on personal relationships to get a job done, I do it very politely and QUIETLY and only after having established that the normal arrangements will not work (fast enough). If I don't have a personal relationship, I don't try it.
While the rule is never piss off a PA or EA, there should be a corrollary - do not piss off key enabling areas of the organisation in order to suck up to a PA/EA. There are so many ways one's life can be made miserable.